noun
- Plural of heth; the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Usage: Also spelled het or cheth in some transliteration systems.; Used in linguistic, religious, and academic contexts.
Examples
- The Hebrew alphabet includes letters such as aleph, beth, and heths.
- Students of biblical Hebrew learn to recognize heths in ancient texts.
- The letter heths appears in many Hebrew words and names.
- In transliteration systems, heths is sometimes represented as ḥ.